Musicology Annotation << Back Music, which is struggling with the silence. On the style of instrumental compositions G&#233;rard Pesson Maria M. Buloshnikova On the pages of this article the author tries to identify the most important stylistic features of contemporary instrumental music by French composer Gérard Pesson. These include the programmatic nature of the most works, the use and interpretation in their own manner of the citations and allusions, the timbre and articulate qualities of the scores, due to which their musical fabric becomes thin and fragile, as if ready to dissolve into space. The author seeks to examine the composer’s creativity in the context of French musical tradition and in line with current trends. For example, in the work of the composer with the program titles and abstracts observed communication with native French thrust to the neck and comments to the phenomenon of the new software coming from conceptual music. Actualization Pesson borrowed material in the new environment is perceived as a stylistic link in a long evolutionary process of using citations and allusions, which took place in the second half of the XX century. Working with the timbre of the instrument is characterized by a typically French aesthetics of sound, which is manifested in a special attention to the instrumental and harmonic color, and a certain continuity with the French spectral music school. The material chosen for the analysis of instrumental works, most clearly demonstrate these properties. Keywords: Gérard Pesson, instrumental works, contemporary music, French musical tradition, programme music, style dialogue, citation, timbre and articulation, the new programmatic music. Contacts: E-mail: mariyatikhonova@mail.ruba.natalia@yandex.ru Pp. 43-52.